West Indies thrashed Afghanistan by 104 runs in the final group stage match of the T20 World Cup on Monday. Nicholas Pooran's whirlwind 98 off 53 balls (six fours, eight sixes) highlighted West Indies' impressive batting effort as they reached 218 for five after playing two Super Eight qualifiers ahead of the next stage of […]
But in the final over of the innings, Umarzai put an end to Pooran's quest for a hundred, with his direct hit from deep cover to the striker's end making the left-hander miss his ground as he dived towards the crease in an attempt to complete a second run. It was some consolation for him […]
Pakistan beat Ireland by three wickets
Despite high hopes of sealing their place in the Super Eight stage of the tournament and ending their group campaign with a fourth successive win, South Africa's top order failed to dominate the bowling although opener Reeza Hendricks provided some stability to the innings with a 49-ball 43 (five fours, a six). Nepal bowlers looked […]
There was heavy rain on Friday morning and the umpires will next inspect the pitch at 11:30am local time. If the Group A games are cancelled, the USA will qualify for the Super Eight stage along with group leaders India, while Pakistan and Ireland will be eliminated along with Canada.
However, Dutch hopes were dashed when Sybrand Engelbrecht's entertaining innings of 33 off 22 balls came to an end in the 15th over. Bas de Leede (0), captain Scott Edwards (25) and Logan van Beek (2) all departed in the space of six runs as they tried to accelerate. Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain was the best […]
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Proteas captain Aiden Markram said his team had crossed the psychological barrier with the win over the Dutch side after their previous big defeat. “We knew they were always going to come up against us,” Markram said. “It's a game of cricket, after all. The history before this game was obviously that they had beaten […]
Earlier, Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed by Steven Taylor off Netravalkar in a brilliant one-handed catch at slip, followed by Usman Khan off Kenjige, leaving Pakistan at 14/2. Later, the USA innings ended in dramatic fashion when Nitish Kumar hit a full-toss off the last ball of Haris Rauf for a boundary and the tournament co-hosts […]
Azad won the Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency by securing 720,667 votes, defeating Dilip Ghosh by a margin of 137,981 votes. Pathan won the Baharampur constituency by securing 524,516 votes, defeating Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by a margin of 85,022 votes. Kirti Azad, a member of India's first World Cup-winning team in 1983, represented India in seven Tests […]
England: Jos Buttler (c/wk), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Matt Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Brad Wheel, Chris Sole, Brad Currie Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (PAK) TV umpire: […]
After the defeat against India, he said, “I don't think everything went as planned, but the bowlers performed very well. I am really happy with the way Shoriful and Riyadh bowled two overs. But we did not perform well in batting. Hopefully we will do something special in the main match of the World Cup.” […]
The United States is co-hosting the tournament with the West Indies, with the 16 group stage matches to be held at three US venues – South Florida and New York and Dallas. The USA are in good form after their surprise 2-1 T20 series win over Bangladesh and are favourites against Canada, over whom they […]
Pacer Shoriful Islam gave Bangladesh a good start, dismissing Sanju Samson for 1 in the second over, but Pant and skipper Rohit Sharma ensured the Tigers' joy didn't last long. They added 48 runs for the second wicket after which Mahmudullah Riyad revived the innings by dismissing Rohit, who scored 23 runs off 19 balls […]
Nepal said on Thursday that the US embassy has refused to grant visa to controversial star Sandeep Lamichhane and there is “little or no” chance of him playing in the T20 World Cup. The T20 World Cup begins on Saturday, co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies, with Nepal's first match on June […]